Some Sources of Information

These are the following articles gathered about this organization thus far. Many articles need command of Spanish to understand what is being said.

It is a shame that so much is written in Spanish and that many English speakers do not have access to this information for their own interpretation. It's the same issue as those that live in the poor regions, who can't communicate with mission workers because they don't share the common tongue.



Catholic Totalitarianism in Peru (in Spanish)
"The Sodalit Movement is Nazi-Fascist, it is the Creole Opus Dei..."


A lady complains about the abduction of her child by the sodalites to the Peruvian Government (in Spanish)



Caretas - Los Once Mil Castos (in Spanish)
One family searches for their son who has been apparently brainwashed and kidnapped by the organization... The youth of the movement laugh at the idea of being brainwashed, manipulated; they say they've been evangelized...



Caretas - the Responses to Los Once Mil Castos (in Spanish)
A response from the spokesperson of the organization, threatening about legal action for defamation of the organization. Attached to his message is the son of a family who launched a complaint about the organization, who was apparently kidnapped. The son's message said his dad was threatening his life (spiritual/physical??) and he is fine and happy in Sao Paolo.



The Mysteries of the Sodalits (in Spanish)
Questionable practices of the organization and torturing to show God's love are discussed in this article.



Follow-up to The mysteries of the Sodalits (in Spanish) More threats by the organization. The writer tends to tread back on himself; mentions the goodness of the organization at the end and how they help the poor.



The Sodalits Infiltrate Arequipa [some more](in Spanish)
This is Peru indymedia, which definitely has their own alternative perspective. They state that fundamentalist sodalites try and take over more educational facilities in Arequipa, where youth attend, for the purpose of brain-washing them/manipulating their minds. This article is further vindication that the organization is controversial and involved in manipulative activities, which starkly different journalist sources claim as well.


Parents reject Catholic school to be kept in the hands of a religious sect (in Spanish)
One parent is worried that the fundamentalist organization will brainwash their kids and put them through humiliating and torturing tests to prove their faith. The group is considered an extreme right-winged group from the 60s.


A Discussion Board about Religious Cults and Sects that Discusses The Sodalit Movement (in Spanish)



Argentinians Concerned about the Sodalit Movement(in Spanish)



Peru indymedia wasn't too impressed with the right-wing church movements' protest (Opus Dei, the Sodalit family and other) of a book written by former participatants in the Truth and Reconciliation Comission about right-wing church groups
The Truth and Reconciliation Committee sought to explain the atrocities against campesinos during the 1980s and 1990s. There was a lot of terrorizing happening at this time, not just the Sendero Luminoso and the Tupac Amaru movement; three governments were implicated for human rights violations.


There are still other articles that weren't included in this list! The same themes surface each time.

Some academic literature:


Swatos, W.H. (ed.). 1995. Religion & democracy in Latin America. New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A.: Transaction Publishers.

Peña, M. 1995. Theologies and Liberation in Peru: The Role of Ideas in Social Movements. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 222 pp.